The Unit 207 Newsletter editor is Larry Davis.The board member supervising the unit
newsletter is Mary Anne Laier.The
newsletter will be available on or about the first day of the months of
February, April, June, August, October and December.Please let the editor know about newsworthy
items so that they may be included in the newsletter.

The annual meeting will be held February 2nd
(Sat) at the Bridge Center at 1:00.A stratified open pairs
game will follow at 1:30 (free, if attended meeting).The nominees for four positions on the
nine-member unit board are: Harriette Bowles, Larry Davis, Robert Donathan,
Sandra Harris, Laney Hennelly, Wiley McMinn, Virgil Massey, and Mark
Miller.Additional nominations may be
made from the floor.Ballots will be
mailed to all Unit 207 members a few days later.They may be returned by mail or at a local
club game.The five members whose terms
are continuing are: Charlie Aufill, Joe Black, Mark McAllister, Leonard
McCormick and Phyllis Tate.

January
Sectional

Attendance was spectacular at the sectional! The new KO
schedule seemed to be well received (at least judging by attendance). The
tournament chairmen (and photographers) were Joe Black and Mark McAllister.
Other chairmen: Laura Delfeld - Caddies, Larry Davis and Robert Donathan -
Contracts, Harriette Bowles - Partnerships and Jim Wueste (with much assistance
from Mark McAllister) - Supplies.

Grand National
Teams (GNT)

The unit-level GNT qualifier for flights B and C will be
held on Saturday, Feb 16th.

It is a two-session event.The upper half of each flight qualifies to go the district-level
(usually held in Richardson (Dallas) over the Memorial Day weekend). The
national-level is at the Summer Nationals. Must play both sessions.

New Game

Beginning February 13th (Weds.) at the Bridge
Center, there will be a 0-500 game running concurrently (but separately) with
the open game.This arrangement will be
like Thursdays at the Bridge Center.The
open game will earn masterpoints based on the combined table count.

When do you inform the opponents that there has been a
failure to alert or that an alert has not been properly explained?There seems to be constant confusion about
this.Consider the mnemonic YOND
(archaic for yonder). Yes - Offense, No - Defense.If your side has the contract (offense),
notify (yes) the opponents (defenders) before the opening lead is
made.If your side is on the defense, do
not (no) notify the declarer until after the hand has been played.Note that the defense eventually (after the
play of the hand) does notify the declarer but not (no)
before the play of the hand.

Tricks Won or
Lost

Neither the dummy nor the defenders may call attention to previous tricks which partner has incorrectly signified as won or
lost.Each defender and the declarer is responsible for keeping track of tricks won or lost.You may
call attention to the trick just quitted
(completed) if partner has it wrong.Procedural penalties may be assessed for improperly calling partner's
attention.After the hand is over, the correct number of tricks won or lost
may be ascertained.During the play, neither
the dummy nor the defenders may call attention to the number of tricks
currently needed to defeat or fulfill the contract. Do not say things like
"just one (two) more trick(s) partner".